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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Staff (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The question was whether the Minister regrets continuing to employ Mr. John Bowe and Mr. Peter Fitzgerald, the latter until February of this year, in respect of which the Minister has passed the buck to the board of the bank. In October 2011, I asked the Minister how many of the top 50 senior executives employed in Anglo Irish Bank prior to the crash were still employed by the State. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the end of quarter two figures for mortgage resolutions targets will be published. [31709/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the money that could be saved for the Exchequer if fuel dyeing was discontinued. [31808/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer each year as a result of diesel laundering. [31940/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered ending the process of dyeing diesel and instead offering a rebate to farmers, transport firms, hauliers and so forth, to compensate for accessing the more expensive diesel type. [31941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of one excise duty for all diesel including green diesel, with a rebate system for agricultural and other users of green diesel; and if he will set out the financial ramifications of such a move. [32002/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Account Holders (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issue of the losses accrued by credit unions because of the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the way these losses will affect members of the credit union movement; and if he is in contact with the credit union movement to discuss these losses. [31876/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Nationwide Report (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has not published the Irish Nationwide report to date; and if a banking inquiry is established, will he be forwarding the report to the inquiry team. [31862/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Nationwide Report (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the report into Irish Nationwide, commissioned in 2009. [31773/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of senior staff in his Department that were in the Department at the time of the banking guarantee in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31965/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Taoiseach the number of senior staff in his Department, who were there at the time of the banking guarantee that are in the same positions they held at the time. [31967/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Taoiseach in view of his statements regarding the banking guarantee, in which he stated that there were no files of any import held in his Department regarding events at that time, if he has asked officials in his Department for oral or written recollections of what happened at that time. [31968/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the payment options available to a person wishing to pay the local property tax with no current account and whose only income is jobseeker's benefit; and if he will consider allowing persons in such cases to pay by standing order, as it is the cheapest option. [31585/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider developing a mechanism whereby new contractors setting up businesses may avail of a reduced rate of relevant contracts tax similar to that of existing contractors; his views that such a provision would be conducive to the creation of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31637/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits for a person's earnings were capped at €100,000, and of every €2 earned after €100,000, €1 in tax credits was lost. [31665/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts of VAT, excise duty or other indirect taxes taken as a proportion of income tax, for example, for every €1 taken in income tax, €1.20 is taken in VAT. [31717/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the additional 3% universal social charge on income for self-employed earners over €100,000. [31721/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the top rate of USC paid by PAYE workers by an additional 3% on income over €100,000, similar to that charged to self-employed top earners. [31727/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance the total taxable profits of companies here in 2012 and the corporation tax paid that year, in value and as a percentage. [31756/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered setting a minimum threshold for profits to be retained here for corporation tax purposes, if the company is incorporated here and or resident for tax purposes. [31757/13]